3D Switches

Syfo-Dyas · Post by **Syfo-Dyas** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 21:24

In Legacy I could use Fraggle script to define switches for 3D floors so I could call a 3D elevator the floor 2 or 3 or what ever.

How do you do this in ACS? Or should I stick with Legacy?

Post by **wildweasel** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 21:57

Wouldn't you use ACS to lower the floor and ceiling of the control sector?

Spectere · Post by **Spectere** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 5:36

Take a look at the old ZDoom demonstration WAD (available at zdoom.org). There's a multifloor elevator example in there.

Post by **Enjay** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 8:54

But, IIRC, that's done by faking it. It can, of course, be done "genuinely" using 3D floors.

Syfo-Dyas · Post by **Syfo-Dyas** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 16:35

I'll bring that Demo wad home and look at it, see if it has what I need, but since it is ZDOOM, I can't see how it would have the info I need, but it may...

Just to be clear, what I want are elevator switched, one above another, and I need to set them so that if I click the one on floor A, the elevator will rise to Floor A, if I click on the switch on Floor B, it will goto Floor B, etc.

Post by **Graf Zahl** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 16:45

Depending on how you design your elevator, you either need to call Floor_Raise/LowerByValue or FloorAndCeiling_Raise/LowerByValue to move it. The specifics depend on your map's setup.

Syfo-Dyas · Post by **Syfo-Dyas** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 18:46

WOW, this example WAD has a lot of shit that I needed to learn. Still haven't found what I'm talking about.

I'll upload a WAD in time so you guys can see what I'm talking aboot.

Thankx!

DoomGuy · Post by **DoomGuy** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 1:40

I think what XDelusion wants to do is to 'call' an elevator to a certain 'floor' no matter what other floor the 'elevator' may be. If the elevator (3-D floor) is on 1st floor or 4th floor and you push the button on 2nd floor, it comes to 2nd floor. So the height may vary depending on the floor where the elevator is sitting.

Post by **Graf Zahl** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 8:47

In that case he has to track the current floor height himself in the script. Right now there are no means to retrieve a sector's floor height (which should really be added because there are things you can't do without it.

Syfo-Dyas · Post by **Syfo-Dyas** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 17:40

EXACTLY!

Fraggle Script it is!

Thank you!

Post by **Graf Zahl** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 18:03

Don't worry. This is one of the top-priority things I am going to add next weekend. ACS is in desperate need of some utility functions to retrieve information about the map.

Syfo-Dyas · Post by **Syfo-Dyas** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 19:42

You better, don't make me kill you slave!!!

Thankx a lot, I don't care what the critics say, your project is the best!

Post by **solarsnowfall** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 4:08

What's wrong with GetSectorFloorZ()?

Post by **Graf Zahl** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 13:24

One easily loses track among the stuff that is there and the much larger amount of stuff that is still missing.

I have made a list of things to add and it's still on that one. I guess I mistook it for getting the floor of the neighboring sector.

Syfo-Dyas · Post by **Syfo-Dyas** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 17:09

So what are we saying, there is a way to do this now with this GetSectorFloorZ() thing?

How?

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3D Switches

3D Switches

3-D floor elevator